Month: March 2025
News24 | OPINION | My life and death got corporatised, but the kindness of South Africans may change the odds
There is something sick about a world in which a corporate entity literally holds the power of your life and death in its hands. However, the dehumanising corporate emperor stands in stark contrast to ordinary South Africans, writes Andrew Trench.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Load shedding as ‘a proxy for black incompetence’: Nyati on the mission to save Eskom
At a gathering of actuaries in Cape Town, Eskom chair Mteto Nyati reflected on his decision to join the embattled utility amid a full-scale power crisis. A deciding factor was the opportunity to address prejudice.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Wendy Knowler | How a recorded call exposed a R1m pension payout error
When Nicky Troll questioned why her late sister’s pension fund had "no funds left", she was met with robotic indifference—until she recorded the call. Her persistence uncovered nearly R1 million owed to her family. How many others walk away without knowing?
Continue ReadingNews24 | Sundowns shed their pretty wings to scrap for a win as Esperance loom large
Sekhukhune United tested Mamelodi Sundowns' character to the limit in their Nedbank Cup quarter-final on Friday night, but a creepy crawly of a goal from Jayden Adams with a minute of play left in extra-time crushed their semi-final dreams.
Continue ReadingNews24 | 9 LIVES | Tender ‘Cat’ risks losing R360m police deal in fronting, fraud scandal
Police commissioner Fannie Masemola has threatened to cancel a controversial R360-million health services tender - clinched by tender baron Vusimusi Cat Matlala - amid allegations of fronting, fraud and a failure to deliver.
Continue ReadingNews24 | WEEKEND ESSAY | My eerie lockdown pictures of an empty V&A Waterfront made me stop and remember 2020
I remember the day I walked through the V&A Waterfront five years ago and it was completely empty. This week, I took the same walk and the same pictures, and the sight of life breathed back into it reminds me how far we’ve come, writes...
Continue ReadingNews24 | My Wheels | From her first ‘Volksie’ to her ‘funky’ Bajaj, budget-conscious Helen Zille talks cars
Helen Zille is one of the few local politicians known for budget-conscious car choices. News24's Janine van der Post finds out more about the current cars in her driveway.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Five years on, how has Covid-19 shaken up SA’s economy?
The Covid-19 pandemic is gone, but it's effects have not been forgotten. While South Africa's economy has recovered, there have been sustained shifts in the way people shop, where they live, and where they get their cigarettes from.
Continue ReadingNews24 | Here are the Powerball and Powerball Plus results
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Continue ReadingNews24 | Eastern Cape officials move to deregister school over handling of 7-year-old pupil’s rape case
Eastern Cape authorities issued a notice on Friday to deregister Bergview College in Matatiele, Eastern Cape, over concerns about its ability to provide a safe and secure environment for its pupils.
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